Gavel
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4 MIN READ

Expert witnesses must practice same specialty as defendant physicians

The AMA and Michigan State Medical Society explain how the state’s law came to be and why the state supreme court should keep it intact.

Sustainability
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1 MIN READ

AMA joins class action against Cigna

Lawsuit alleges misconduct that shortchanged payments and misled patients.

Press Releases
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5 MIN READ

Arizona AG wants to reinstate abortion law criminalizing medicine

The AMA and other physician organizations urge court to keep in place an injunction on a 1901 law that jeopardizes patients’ health.

Population Care
2 MIN READ

Litigation Center cases

View cases where the Litigation Center is providing assistance.

Judicial Advocacy
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3 MIN READ

High court shouldn’t impede efforts to diversify medical schools

The AMA, AAMC and many other organizations urge the Supreme Court to keep allowing consideration of race, ethnicity in medical school admissions.

Medical School Diversity
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5 MIN READ

Everyone deserves quality medical care delivered without bias

The mental health of transgender young people, already at risk from the pandemic, is threatened further by state laws that enable discrimination.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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4 MIN READ

AMA to court: Race, ethnicity helps gauge COVID-19 severity risk

Inequities lead to worse COVID-19 outcomes. Learn why physicians should be able to account for that in prescribing decisions.

Health Equity
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4 MIN READ

Experience is not enough to make expert witness opinion reliable

Letting experts testify based solely on their experience or knowledge will lead to junk science in the courtroom, AMA tells Michigan Supreme Court.

Sustainability
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4 MIN READ

How the AMA fights to keep politics out of the exam room

On vaccines, reproductive health and more, lawmakers intrude on the patient-doctor relationship. The AMA fights such encroachment in the courts.

Judicial Advocacy